Re: SCSI Messages overflowing my /var/log/message! HELP!

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Sat, 1 Sep 2001, Ken Kirchner wrote:

>
> Not sure why this is happening, but I have a RH7.1 system with an older
> Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI controller hooked to 3 devices.  Ones a CDROM,
> ones a Zip 100, and the other is a Plextor 12/4/32 CD-RW.  If I tail my
> /var/log/messages file I see the following messages just continually
> spewing onto my screen at the rate of about 20/sec:
>
> Sep  1 13:41:51 madmax kernel: sym53c875J-0-<1,0>: sync: per=25
> scntl3=0x30 scntl4=0x0 ofs=16 fak=0 chg=0.
> Sep  1 13:41:51 madmax kernel: sym53c875J-0-<1,0>: sync msgout:
> 1-3-1-19-10.
> Sep  1 13:41:51 madmax kernel: sym53c875J-0-<1,0>: sync msg in:
> 1-3-1-19-10.
>
> What is up with that?  All the devices appear to be working just fine, I
> can mount/unmount/read all of them.  This filled up my root partition the
> other day after I left it on all night.  Anyone know what this is all
> about and how I can at least silence this nuisance?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ken
>
>
This is a guess, and may be totaly off, but lets see how I do...  If the
following are true, there is a good chance I am correct...

/dev/cdrom point to your SCSI CD-ROM.
You are running KGE or Gnome desktop.
If you leave X, and are only logged in from the desktop,
	 the messages stop.
If you put a CD in the drive, the messages stop.

If this is the case, the messages come from checking to see if a CD has
been put in the drive.  One way to make them stop is to turn off autorun
in the desktop settings.  You can also remove an rpm, but I can not
remember the name.  magicdev or something like that...

Mikkel (Who probably should not be writting mail after the party...)
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